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Audrey Hepburn Personally Owned & Worn 1970's Black Silk Wrap Studio Costumer

$ 369.23

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Great condition for a Wrap/Stole that is over 50 years old
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    This is a very nice condition 1970's thick black silk wrap/stole that was owned and worn by  Actress Audrey Hepburn. It is in very good condition for the age.
    This Wrap is from the Personal collection of late costumer and wardrobe man Kent Warner. He is best known for liberating the ruby slippers from the 1970 MGM Costume and Prop Sale. The winner of this stole will receive a typed letter signed in ink on typewriter paper stating how he worked in the industry and met and became close friends with Audrey who gave him this item to add to his collection.
    This is a beautiful Item from a Fashion Icon, Don't miss out on it.
    Kent Phillip Warner
    (March 8, 1943 – April 25, 1984, age: 41 years) was a costume designer, best known for acquiring the ruby slippers from the film
    The Wizard of Oz
    prior to the 1970 MGM Auction. He is known to have found four pairs used in the film, (of five pairs that have surfaced). One pair he sold to memorabilia collector Michael Shaw in 1970 for ,500. These ruby slippers were later stolen from the JG Museum near Garland's birthplace in Minnesota. sometime between August 27–28, 2005. Speculation persists that it was an inside job as the alarms did not sound. They have been recovered
    since.
    Of the several pairs of ruby slippers Warner found on the MGM backlot while assisting to set up the wardrobe auction of May 1970, one pair became a centerpiece of the auction. He later sold all but one of the other pairs, keeping for himself the size 5B pair, believed to have been worn by JG for static and closeup shots, which were in the best condition of the known pairs. He later sold them through Christie's East in 1981 for ,000.